Leading Continuous Improvement in the School

Day 4

The biggest room in the house is the room for improvement!

The Donkey Story

• Continuous Improvement is turning problems into opportunities!

Categories of Instructional Strategies That Affect Student Achievement

• ID similarities and differences • Summarizing and note taking • Reinforcing and providing recognition • Homework and practice • Nonlinguistic representations• Cooperative Learning • Setting objectives and providing feedback • Generating and testing hypotheses • Questions, cues, and advance organizers

Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement (ASCD) by Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, and Jane E. Pollock (Paperback - April 27, 2004)

Paradigm Shift

ProfessionalWill

Change

Leadership

ContinuousImprovement

Agenda For Today!

• Reviewing the first 3 days

• Student-led Conferences

• Overview of PDSA

• Hands-on Quality Tools

Ground rules created by students

Classroom mission

statements

Classroom and student

measurable goals

Quality tools and PDSA used regularly

The Continuous

Improvement Classroom

Classroom data centers

Classroom meetings

facilitated by students

Student-led conferences

Student data folders

Classroom Data Centers

CLASS MEETINGS

Grade Level Planning• Talk about specific plans for

implementation of:– Ground Rules

– Mission Statement

– SMART Goals

– Data Centers & Data Folders

– Class Meetings

• Specifically, what will the first hour, day and week look like?

The Continuous Improvement Classroom

• Student-Led Conferences

More Tools!Cause & Effect

Flow Chart

Pareto Diagram

Lotus Diagram

Scatter Diagram

Run Chart

Confidence- How do you overcome self-doubt? How do you build confidence in yourself and others?

Wrap-Up• Journal Writing (Worksheet R):

– What did I learn?

– How will I apply it to my classroom/school?

• Table reflection… Fast Feedback Form (Worksheet Q)